Robert Shaw (person)

Robert Shaw was most famous for portraying assholes and drunks, which many who worked with him later reported was the true nature of his character. According to the tales that have been told, he was notorious for drinking on the set of Jaws and according to those tales, he despised Richard Dreyfuss for not being up to his caliber of manliness or his equal as an actor.

In addition to his acting, Shaw was a published novelist and playwright. His 1967 novel The Man in the Glass Booth he adapted himself into a play and it became a theatrical success in both London and New York. Later the play was made into a movie. He was 51 when he died and was on his third wife at the time. Some folks like to refer to him as the poor man's Richard Burton.